Car-fender.



W-. D. WRIGHT.

GAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED Mun, 191s.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOT0 LITHO., WASHINGTON. D. C,

f To all wfi'om it mayconcem'i' j' Be it known thatI, WILLIAMD. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United Statesyresiding in Providence, in the county of Providenceand stat'e of 'Rhode Island,"have invented an Improvement in Car-Fendergof which the following description; in connection with the j I accompanying"drawings;is a specification,

like' partsp A v l v s inven tion relates to a carf fender," especially designed and adapted for useajon 5imfi3orilettf rs ratent pa e ted Sept. 221515 1 4.

" i Application filed ma 12;, 1913. ser'i'a1.m::7e7,o81.

like characters on the drawings representing surfa'ceelectric'railway cars, and moreparticularly as a wheel guard,

{-"The present: inve tion ha's for its object-to provide a simple; eflicient, light aminepensive construction of fender, whichisfimjtomatically 1o'cked1-in1its elevated position pliedt'o its outeryorrr nt emry V The particularfeatures offthi's' n will be pointed outinthe'claims at the end 4 1 I Figural is a side elevationof'a car fender H by liftin'g its outer or front end; and which :7 2

is heldf in its locked position, a's willibe described, against pressure which may pe ap of this specificationj embodying this "invention; and-Fig. 2;a

front .elevationof one :side of the fender shown in Fig. 1 the tripping shown in Fig. 1 being o1n1tted.'-'-'-"' 'Referri g to the draWing'Q-a' represents the body of an electric railway car ofany suitable or usual construction, such as nowcommonly used on "surfaceirailwaysyand fbrepresents one. of the; front wheels thereof;

The car a is provided with a wheel guard or fender, which is; located below the bowe h els ,of the car in close'preximity to the W i b; and comprises a movable member or fen- 40 a person who may get below the car body.

;l "The tender proper'may be of any suitable construction and as herein shown, consists of i a framec'omposed of. substantially parallel side rods or bars 10, only one of which is der proper; designed to support the-body of shown, which are connected by cross rods or v bars 12, 13,. and straps 130 connecting said cross rods. The cross rod 12 constitutes a pivot for the fender properand is mounted to turn in bearings 14 secured to a support; shown as hangers or brackets 15, depending from a cross bar 16 attached to the underside of the car body. Only one end of the fender is shown, as that is sufiicient for a full understanding of the invention. a

' .Tbe fr nt end of thefender pr per i de mechanism ='signed to beelevated'abovethe rails of'the track 17, a suflicient distance to clear-stones or other llke devices on the cartrack, andis held In its elevated position by mechanism as will now-be described. 3 To this end; the

fender proper has pivotally connected to 1 eachend of the front cross bar or 'rod13,

' 'alink '20, which has its upper end pivotally connected at 21 to a lever 22 between the ends of the latter, which lever'is pivoted at 23 "to the hanger or bracket 15 and has its 'freeend adapted to be engaged witha stop,

which is shown as a pin 24 extended from the sideof'thehanger 15, and the free end of the lever '22is shownin the present inst ance' as provided with-{a hook 25,-which' {engages said pin; The 24;. the ivot23,*

and the cross bar 13 arearrang'e in sub jst'a'ntially astraight line when thefender" p'rop'enis in its elevated' 'p'osition, shown by full lines in Fig. 1, and the pivotal connecftion between the upper end of thelink 20 3 and the lever 22, whichis shown as the pin 21011 the" said lever, is below or 01f the center line between the pivot 23- and the stop {in its elevated position; f

Anypressure placed upon the front end -of zthe' movable member of the fender acts keep the pin 21- 'below the center linand ==threby acts to keep the: fender proper'in its v flocked position. The fender propermay be released from its locked'position by turning the, lever I 22 ;on, 51135 pivot23, tso-as (to move the pin 21 to the oppositeside of the center line through the pivot 23 and stop 24, and as soon as the pin 21 hasp'assed the center line, the fender drops by gravity into its operative or lowered position represented by dotted lines in Fig. 1 The movement of the lever 22 so as to carry the pin 21 past or above the center line referred to, maybe efiected by pulling upon a chain or-cord 30, attached to each'lever 22, and in the present instance connected to alever "31, engaged by a rod 32 extended up through the car platform and accessible to the motorman, who can depress the same with his foot and cause the lever 31 to be turned so as to draw or pull upon the chains 30 and thus move the levers 22 to trip or release the fender proper and permit it to drop in to its operative position with its front cross bar 13 in close proximity to the car tracks. The front cross bar 13 may be provided with rollers 35 t0 facilitate forward movement of the .24, consequently the fender proper is locked ion the pilot bar or"-gate (not shown) but which is now employed With some classesof 5 fenders, and when so used, the swinging of the gate orpilot bar will draw or pull upon the" chiilis 30 to 'iele21se the fender proper in the same manner as ab'ovendescribed.

After the fender proper has been lowered, (it, can; be restored. to I its inoperative position the FQQIICILICQOI' or Z other operator raising iits lf ront end until each; lever 22 engages i ts stop g l that is, the fendenproper is autoe tiqel 1 locked in it i oper t v p o 1 y, merely, lifting; the front end of the some .;l l ,ntil,each lever 22 engages the stopv 24:. p IlQhempvzpblemernherofthe fenderlnlay a ms-l l In tgfender forrailway cars, in,;com bimtion, e pfende p op a supp yvl icl1,; seid fender is pivoted, means for tsyppplrt lng W oe ing S f P p it -.lemt d {pos ion c mp s link:

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,pivotally connected" at its lowerend with;

,Qogies' of thisiipatent maybe obtained for V -;he wf any,suitableor desired construction.

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